Notifications stats are a little misleading.
@arthurchappell (45002)
Preston, England
November 5, 2015 2:53am CST
When the notifications tells me I have 67 communications, it can be misleading as if two or more replies come in to one article they are still treated as one notification, though they could be several more.
Also, when there are more than three interactions to an article three of them are named but then others are just given as a number (and four others). I then have to scroll round the replies looking for which are the new interactions, which may not be conveniently one below the other. Those ‘67’ notifications could really be ‘75’ or more.
Arthur Chappell
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6 Jan 18
I get that too---separate notifications if someone replies AND mentions me.
But I keep the mention-notifications 'turned on' (in "settings," you can change it so that you don't get those notifications) just in case someone mentions me in a discussion I'm not a part-of yet.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
5 Nov 15
I don't mind as it lets us get through the notifications quicker
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
5 Nov 15
@arthurchappell Do you know that you can personalize which communications you want to receive in your "settings"?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Nov 15
I often find that there are less than the number claimed. If someone comments and mentions my name I get a notification for the comment and the mention.
I did consider disabling one of those notifications, but that would simply result in missing some.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Nov 15
@arthurchappell I do similar when these notifications appear, but the list can be deceiving initially.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Nov 15
@arthurchappell I did look at various ways of filtering the notifications, but soon came to the conclusion that this scenario simply cannot be avoided without losing some notifications altogether.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
5 Nov 15
@Asylum yes it isn't always easy to interpret the data.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Nov 15
yeah, I have noticed this, I hate when it groups several under 1 notification, and I hate getting two for the same comment.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
5 Nov 15
Many a times, you need to scroll your discussions to see if there is any new response. Notifications do not specify all users names who have responded to our discussions. I keep checking my own discussions, irrespective of notifications to see, if there is any new response or comment to my discussion and if I find something, I immediately post my comments.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
5 Nov 15
I can do that when they come in while I am online. It's the landslides full that come when away from my keyboard that get difficult to clear
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
5 Nov 15
@arthurchappell - Yes, I fully agree with you that problem aggravates when we remain active for a day or two or for many number of hours.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
6 Nov 15
Sometimes what I do is just open the discussion first, reply to all the responds/comments there and remove all notifications regarding that post from the list.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Nov 15
Even more than that I find it can be difficult remembering to scroll down the whole page of responses to make sure we've not missed anything at the bottom. I've been finding that when I reply to a response, it will move that response higher in the list, so most of the un-replied to responses will be found toward the bottom of the discussion. Every once in a while, though, they are really mixed up.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
5 Nov 15
I've noticed the same thing. Mentions and Responses usually refer to the same response.
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@tuttiharris (1338)
• Chattanooga, Tennessee
9 Nov 15
I can relate to this. I am kind of new and it isso hard for me to find every comment, every notification and I hate missing anyone. I feel if they are nice enough to comment on something I have said, done or posted, I really want to read their discussions and suggestions and posts also and comment, I am always missing so much. But I am learning, Have a great day.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
11 Nov 15
@tuttiharris you are doing fine - it'll get impossible to respond to everything but don't worry about it
@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
6 Nov 15
I'm on a bit of a slight disadvantage because my connection is so slow, so the way the notifications come in, I sometimes miss things...but knowing that you miss something and being able to fix it is better then never realizing that you missed something. So, all in all I'm more pleased with the notifications system here then at other places.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
7 Nov 15
it is better to have too much traffic than hardly any
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
5 Nov 15
it will get harder the longer we are all here and as the site gets more popular
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
5 Nov 15
I too may have missed out on attending to responses/comments as it is difficult to check each and every activity.
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@slund2041 (3315)
• United States
6 Nov 15
It looks to me like I am getting three notifications for every comment someone leaves me.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
6 Nov 15
Yeah the numbers are never 100 percent accurate
